Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by matz1 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:18PM
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>you're still very likely to infect other people and contribute to the spread
True, if you are scared then by all mean isolate yourself, do not meet other people.
>causes extra deaths
Assume, in the worse case everyone infected, the estimated death rate is only 1%, that's not going to make difference to most people life or the economy.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by macintux on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:02PM
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1% is 70+ million, which is more people than die every year from every other cause.
And most other causes are not simultaneously sending several multiples of that number to the hospital, or spreading like wildfire in same hospital.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by manquer on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:46PM
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It is a very large number . That’s about the number of people who died during the Second World War (albeit a higher % of population).
The human population only grows by that number every year . The world population will shrink if this levels are reached
Isn't "requiring hospitalization" pretty much the definition of "severe symptoms"? As far as I can tell, when doctors talk about "mild symptoms", that can include anything from a mild cough to weeks of heavy fever, muscle pains, ... .
But more importantly: even if you're complete asymptomatic, you're still very likely to infect other people and contribute to the spread of the virus and the disease. That's bad for other people's health, causes extra deaths, is bad for the economy, and generally makes everything worse for everybody including yourself.